The Emergence Machine

Guitar

physical · Music · Level 10 · E10

E10Institutions

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

guitar requires instrument-music, sound.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “guitar” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “guitar”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
guitarra
Origin language
Spanish

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0GuitarMelodyNoteMusicPitchRhythmString Cord… intermediate l…ForceFormInformationLifeActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesUkuleleL11BanjoL13GuitarL10MusicL7RhythmL7String CordL7MelodyL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Music L7 (requires)
    Understanding music is essential for understanding guitar
  • Rhythm L7 (requires)
    guitar requires understanding rhythm as a foundational concept
  • String Cord L7 (requires)
    Stringed instrument played by plucking -- prerequisite: string-cord
  • Melody L9 (requires)
    Stringed instrument played by plucking -- prerequisite: melody

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